Ilyophis saldanhai is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).

[1] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya and Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin in 1999,[2] and is the most recently described of the six species in the genus Ilyophis.

It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean.

It is known to dwell at a depth of 3,020 metres (9,910 ft).

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